Pick of the week: Yefim Bronfman tonight at Union

Capital Region classical music fans have something to look forward to this week: Yefim Bronfman is coming to town. The Grammy Award-winning Russian pianist visits Union College, fresh from a series of performances with the Berlin Staatskapelle in Vienna and Paris, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Israel and New York—with conductor Zubin Metha. Bronfman will perform solo—part of a month-long solo recital tour that will take him to Carnegie Hall and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles—at Union, part of the college’s 39th International Festival of Chamber Music. At Union, Bronfman will play Haydn’s “Sonata in C, Hob. XVI:50, Schumann’s “Humoreske in B-flat, Op. 20, and Chopin’s “Twelve Etudes, Op.10. 8 p.m. Thursday. $20; $10 students. Memorial Chapel at Union College, 807 Union St., Schenectady. 388-6080; http://www.union.edu